[LINK] FW: Rudd Government trial for e-democracy future - Senator Stephen Conroy's media release

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:57 PM 9/12/2008, Roger Clarke wrote:
>The term 'digital economy' could mean anything and everything.
>Without some scope definition and some framework, the initiative
>risks being vacuous.

I think the public will do this just fine. Witness the second comment posted:

Excellent initiative, so well done. Can I suggest that to facilitate 
civil discussion that your Ministerial partner, Sen Conroy refrain 
from implying that those who oppose your net filtering plans are 
somehow supporters of child pornography as he has done in the past? 
His comments instantly caused the debate to veer off into 
unproductive directions and were therefore extremely unhelpful. I 
hope he can raise his standard of contribution in the spirit of the 
sort of "effective engagement" you quite rightly mention.
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The thing the pollies will need to do is grow a thick skin and 
actually respond in a way that shows they are paying attention. For 
those who sought power, this won't be easy.

Jan


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